Do you think Toei botched Jiren?
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I say he is much better right now,I like how he values Justice and Pride over everything,he should have been potrayed like this in the beginning.
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Re: Do you think Toei botched Jiren?
Not anymore. He got a pretty good backstory. It's kinda standard, but it works well with his character, and it certainly has more substance to it than most backstories given to other antagonists in Dragon Ball.
Jiren is basically Batman. And funny enough, I referred to Jiren as Batman in the past.
Jiren is basically Batman. And funny enough, I referred to Jiren as Batman in the past.
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More like he's the love child of Superman, Batman and a Grey Alien.Lord Beerus wrote:Not anymore. He got a pretty good backstory. It's kinda standard, but it works well with his character, and it certainly has more substance to it than most backstories given to other antagonists in Dragon Ball.
Jiren is basically Batman. And funny enough, I referred to Jiren as Batman in the past.
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He is still a dull and has no personality, but to a lesser extent now. He has valid reasons to be this boring character so... He gets my seal of approval (however, it is not enough for him to be included in Xenoverse 2, I would still prefer Baby Vegeta or someone else instead of him).
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I really hope Jiren's backstory is Toei's doing, cause it's fucking terrible and with how I already dislike Toyotaro's "Supermanish" take on the character, adding this shit on top of it will make it unbearable. It's generically anime, it's generically superheroish... It's just incredibly dull for a guy of his stature.
What held me from drawing conclusions about him was his wish, but with such a horrendous background, there's basically no way it would turn up worthwhile.
What held me from drawing conclusions about him was his wish, but with such a horrendous background, there's basically no way it would turn up worthwhile.
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Re: Do you think Toei botched Jiren?
It's a very simple backstory, generic but at the same time, it does a good job of explaining Jiren's philosophy and why he is as strong as he is. I also like that it introduces a character flaw, namely that he can't let go of the past or form meaningful bonds with people because he only values strength.
Presentation could have been better, it would have especially been nice to learn more about the villain or what happened to him (sequel hook?)
Presentation could have been better, it would have especially been nice to learn more about the villain or what happened to him (sequel hook?)
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Man, that backstory was really disappointing to me. Belmod of all people deciding to tell everyone was so strange, and that lazy "an evil-doer" villain was so corny. It seemed seriously rushed to me. How cool would it have been just devoting the first half of the episode to the flashback, without it being exposition from another character, and we're just put in Jiren's shoes for the first 10 minutes before cutting back to the ToP.
Maybe he just worked better for me as someone mysterious. I don't know. I feel if that's all we're gonna get on Jiren's backstory, I'd rather have had nothing or very vague hints to keep an air of mystique about him.
I think the manga will for sure improve on this area though. Case in point: Trunks vs Babidi and Dabura in the manga as compared to the anime.
Maybe he just worked better for me as someone mysterious. I don't know. I feel if that's all we're gonna get on Jiren's backstory, I'd rather have had nothing or very vague hints to keep an air of mystique about him.
I think the manga will for sure improve on this area though. Case in point: Trunks vs Babidi and Dabura in the manga as compared to the anime.
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I feel like Jiren's belittling nature about strength and cursing people for being weak should have been brought up earlier to actually set up a mystery for why he is so obsessed with strength? Then they could have established a que for the audience and the characters to become invested in Jiren's obsession with strength. Then they could have told us Jiren's backstory. That way we wouldn't have had to suffer through so much of Jiren being so plain.
His backstory isn't particularly interesting and is in fact rather generic, but it is at the very least something.
His backstory isn't particularly interesting and is in fact rather generic, but it is at the very least something.
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Hard to botch something that has no substance to begin with. If Toriyama had come up with a somewhat interesting enemy (which he still can as proven by Zamasu and Hit), Toei would've had something to work with.
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I get the feeling that by Episode #130 Gokuu will finally make Jiren enjoy a fight.
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Re: Do you think Toei botched Jiren?
Exactly,it baffles me that they didn't have Jiren like this in the beginning,i would have loved to see that in the special.JazzMazz wrote:I feel like Jiren's belittling nature about strength and cursing people for being weak should have been brought up earlier to actually set up a mystery for why he is so obsessed with strength? Then they could have established a que for the audience and the characters to become invested in Jiren's obsession with strength. Then they could have told us Jiren's backstory. That way we wouldn't have had to suffer through so much of Jiren being so plain.
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Don't get me wrong, he would still be a fairly generic character, but at the very least he would be somewhat watchable.The gr wrote:Exactly,it baffles me that they didn't Jiren like this in the beginning,i would have loved to see that in the special.JazzMazz wrote:I feel like Jiren's belittling nature about strength and cursing people for being weak should have been brought up earlier to actually set up a mystery for why he is so obsessed with strength? Then they could have established a que for the audience and the characters to become invested in Jiren's obsession with strength. Then they could have told us Jiren's backstory. That way we wouldn't have had to suffer through so much of Jiren being so plain.
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The moment Jiren actually has more depth than most antagonist/villains of this franchise. Unbelievable.
I'm shocked.
I'm shocked.
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Jiren is probably the best developed character of the entire franchise now. That 2 minute backstory he had gave him so much emotional and thought provoking depth that he has now shot up to the Top 5 deepest Dragonball characters. The lore, the lore!
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Not more than Zamasu .. Is all right I suppose, just a little generic.FortuneSSJ wrote:The moment Jiren actually has more depth than most antagonist/villains of this franchise. Unbelievable.
I'm shocked.
would take everything at this point and none of this would have happened if the staff were on the same page with the Story.JazzMazz wrote:Don't get me wrong, he would still be a fairly generic character, but at the very least he would be somewhat watchable.
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Jiren had pretty much the exact back story I expected him to have. Can't say I'm disappointed!
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I really like how this explains why he's so emotionless. He only believes in strength, anything else is meaningless to him. That's why he's so stoic.
I like the way his backstory was told. This isn't anything we haven't seen before, but it does a good enough job at explaining why he's called Jiren the Grey.
I like the way his backstory was told. This isn't anything we haven't seen before, but it does a good enough job at explaining why he's called Jiren the Grey.
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Re: Do you think Toei botched Jiren?
I personally like his backstory and the reasons why he doesn't trust people and only values strength.Lord Beerus wrote:Not anymore. He got a pretty good backstory. It's kinda standard, but it works well with his character, and it certainly has more substance to it than most backstories given to other antagonists in Dragon Ball.
Jiren is basically Batman. And funny enough, I referred to Jiren as Batman in the past.
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Re: Do you think Toei botched Jiren?
Pretty much my opinion of it. It's a generic backstory but gets the job done of pretty much explaining why he is quite stoic and cold towards everyone. It wasn't anything amazing, but it did give us more insight to his values and perfectly explains why he's become more emotionally numb. His backstory is more like Batman's than anything else. He ain't deep by any means, but he now has some depth to himSuper Saiyan Swagger wrote:I really like how this explains why he's so emotionless. He only believes in strength, anything else is meaningless to him. That's why he's so stoic.
I like the way his backstory was told. This isn't anything we haven't seen before, but it does a good enough job at explaining why he's called Jiren the Grey.